10m/6m Remote Base Node 28182 ONLINE!

Posted by on December 18, 2011 No comments

It is currently deployed at Montycopa hooked to a 6m antenna.  Ed KD7YAT will be building a J Pole for it later so we can take advantage of the 10m side.

Incoming Echolink Connections Limited

Posted by on December 6, 2011 No comments

Echolink nodes KE7JVX-L and KE7JVX-R are now limited to an approve list.  If you receive a “Not Authorized” message when you try to connect, send me an email (monty at ke7jvx.com) and I will put you on the approved list.

New Truck’s First Mountain Trip

Posted by on September 23, 2011 No comments

Well made a trip up to Sacaton.  Truck did Amazing!  Never lost traction and did very well.

While we were up there, got the radios all grounded inside, installed EEPROMs in each radio, and re-wired the transmit audio to give it better audio.

Netgear WNR3500L = Best router yet!

Posted by on July 29, 2011 No comments

Been using my Linksys WRT-54G for years, finally decided to upgrade.  Got the 3500L, right out of the box put DD-WRT on it and never looked back.  I was getting around 46 mbps (download) on azspeedtest.cox.com and around 35 mbps on speedtest.net.  With the new router, my ping times are better and getting consistently 62 mbps on both sites.  Not bad for a $70 router.  BTW… Netgear firmware sucks… Glad DD-WRT went so smoothly.

Sacaton Pk is linked back up

Posted by on July 17, 2011 No comments

Had some router issues at Casa Grande site, something with DD-WRT and PPPoE.  But its all resolved and now linked back in.

New Site Layout

Posted by on July 12, 2011 No comments

I am currently updating this site, so a few things may be missing but will be back shortly.

Allstar Nodes 27044 and 27607 are online!

Posted by on July 11, 2011 No comments

Yesturday Ed KD7YAT and I went up to Sacaton and made some great progress.  We got the Wifi antenna pointed in the right direction and now have internet there.  I was able to interface 224.920 (Node 27607) and 927.650 (Node 27044) to the node computer, and set all the levels.

Damage from the Storm

Posted by on July 11, 2011 No comments

Well sad day in Montycopa… Due to the massive storm that Montycopa head on July 5th, my tower fell and had to be cut down.  Now I have more reason to put up my 90 foot free standing Rohn :-)

New Wifi Deployment – Casa Grande

Posted by on July 4, 2011 No comments

On July 4th I put up the Access Point end of a path from my friend’s house in Casa Grande and pointed to the other end being Sacaton Peak.  The other end was already up on Sacaton from the link to Tempe Freescale Tower 444.275 used to live in.  Amazingly enough with the antenna on Sacaton pointing 90 degrees off, they still connected!

444.275 Installed in Its new Home!

Posted by on June 12, 2011 No comments

We got the “Go Ahead” and installed 444.275 in its new home at Freescale in Chandler, AZ.  It is stand alone as of right now until the internet is installed and then will be linked in to the system.